The “authentic” QAnon community appears quite disdainful of the “false flag” JFK Jr (Or whole Kennedy family) resurrection that didn’t happen in Dallas on Tuesday, a review of posts on the GreatAwakening.win Q conspiracy fan site revealed Wednesday.

“If this is a Q board where are all the stickies and posts spreading the news about JFK? I haven’t seen a single post talking about JFK jrs [sic] return and when and where to meet. This is ANOTHER false flag ladies and gentlemen” said one trending post from early Wednesday, tagged with “GLOWING” – apparent slang for something widely suspected to be a false flag psyop propagated by Satanic MSM outsiders to prank and embarrass the Q fanbase. “Funny how it’s a “large crowd” when it’s maybe 50 fuckwits in Q Tshirts. Where are all the stickies and posts? They’re out there waiting for when JFK Jesus returns. The end” one reply said. “On a scale of 1 to 9000, how hard does this ‘JFK Jr Return’ event glow?” asked another user in an original post.

The last time this happened on a similar scale was the much-ballyhooed August 13th, 2021 Trump reinstatement fantasy which had gained so much mainstream media attention by the time the date rolled around that QAnon fans had already long declared it “glowing” and the crowds failed to materialize. Also, while it was more of a wider MAGA fanbase event than strictly a QAnon thing, one could argue that the “Justice for J6” rally on September 18th fell apart for more or less the same reasons – outsized media attention dissuaded fans from coming together out of fear of counter-protestors and law enforcement. It’s a useful lesson in how sunshine works as a disinfectant, and a good counter-argument to those whom – well-meaning as they may be – are prone to saying “why are you giving these crazy assholes so much attention? They crave it!” when here are some pretty solid examples of why the opposite can be the case.

Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli currently leads incumbent Governor Phil Murphy by 61 votes with 84% of precincts reporting and over 2.3 million votes counted, CNN reports. It does appear that the remaining uncounted vote is mainly in Blue areas, but who the hell knows at this point.

With 95% of the vote counted and a difference of about 86,000 votes, both NBC and ABC have called the race for Virginia Governor for Republican Glenn Youngkin, defeating Democrat Terry McAuliffe.

Associated Press:  “Boston voters for the first time elected a woman and an Asian American as mayor on Tuesday, tapping City Councilor Michelle Wu to serve in the city’s top political office. Throughout its long history, Boston had previously only elected white men as mayor. Wu defeated fellow Boston City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George. The two Democrats faced off against each other after defeating several other mayoral hopefuls in a September preliminary election, including Acting Mayor Kim Janey.

“Janey was the first woman and first Black Bostonian to occupy the office. She was elevated to the post on an acting basis when former Mayor Marty Walsh resigned earlier this year to become President Joe Biden’s labor secretary. The election of Wu, whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan, marks another break from tradition in Boston. Wu grew up in Chicago, only moving to Boston to attend Harvard University and Harvard Law School. Boston typically elects mayors with lifelong Boston roots.

“Wu, 36, racked up a series of high-profile endorsements, including support from Janey, U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey, and U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a former Boston city councilor and member of the ‘Squad’ in Congress.”

Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe noted that there are approximately 18% of the votes yet to be counted and did not concede the election.  As of 10:25 p.m. Tuesday, McAuliffe trailed Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin 51.9% to 47.4% with 87% of the votes counted.

USA Today:  “A push to disband the Minneapolis police department failed Tuesday for the second time since George Floyd’s death sparked nationwide calls for police reform. Minneapolis residents voted not to replace the city’s police department – which is facing a federal investigation – with a new Department of Public Safety that would have likely included law enforcement, 911 responders and mental health professionals.

“The proposal would have amended the city’s charter to remove the requirement that the city have a police department with a minimum level of funding and staffing. The ballot question sharply divided the community, and activists worry the vote could further drain momentum from the national police reform movement sparked by Floyd’s death as talks stall in Congress.

“Opponents feared the amendment would take police off the streets and criticized the plan’s lack of specificity. But organizers said it would have given the public and city council more control over law enforcement and prevented police from responding to calls where they aren’t needed.”

To the surprise of no one, former NYPD officer and Brooklyn Borough President Democrat Eric Adams defeats radio show host and vigilante Curtis Sliwa for New York mayor, the AP reports.

Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman calls the race. Republican Businessman Glenn Youngkin defeats Critical Race Theory to win the Governorship of the For Lovers’ State. Libs owned.

8:34 p.m. ET:  Cook Political Report editor calls the race:

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1455690414044983298

“CDC signs off on children’s coronavirus vaccine, allowing providers to begin immunizing kids ages 5 to 11 immediately” reports the Washington Post’s JM Rieger.

“Sean Parnell’s military thriller ‘Man of War’ contains graphic scenes of violence against female characters, raising additional questions about his attitude toward women in the wake of court testimony that he physically and verbally abused his estranged wife. Parnell, who has emerged as the frontrunner in the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary, portrays multiple scenes of men assaulting women in the 2018 novel, the first of four in a fiction series written by the Army combat veteran. Those scenes are in a new light following his wife Laurie Snell’s testimony under oath Monday that her husband strangled her and assaulted their children.”

“Those were among the explosive allegations made in a child custody hearing, an account of which was reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer. ‘He tried to choke me out on a couch and I literally had to bite him,’ Snell said in a Butler, Pa. courtroom, according to the Inquirer. ‘He was strangling me.’ Snell’s tearful testimony included a claim that Parnell pinned her down and called her a ‘whore’ and ‘piece of shit,’ the newspaper reported. In a statement afterward, Parnell said Snell’s testimony was false, and that ‘the truth will prevail’ once he can make his case in court next week. ‘In court the mother of my children made a number of false allegations against me,’ Parnell said. ‘Those allegations are lies. There is no truth to them, not one. They are complete fabrications; not distortions or misrepresentations – just flat-out lies'” – Politico.

ABC News:  “Former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, claimed privilege on just three of the more than 2,000 files seized by the FBI as part of a probe into his lobbying activities, according to a special master’s report filed Tuesday.  The special master, retired Judge Barbara Jones, said she turned over the bulk of the material to federal prosecutors and was reserving decision on whether the three items Giuliani flagged could be shielded from them.

“On April 28, the FBI searched Giuliani’s home and office and seized 16 electronic devices that contained 2,226 electronic files, according to Jones’ report. ‘Mr. Giuliani designated 3 items as privileged, and I am reserving decision on those 3 items. The remaining 2,223 items have been released to the Government,’ Jones said in her report.

“Additional items were given to Giuliani’s lawyers for review, with instructions that they have until Friday to designate them as privileged.  Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating Giuliani’s lobbying efforts in Ukraine during the Trump presidency.  Giuliani, who has not been charged, has denied any wrongdoing.”

Washington Post:  “The U.S. Marshals Service plans to move about 400 inmates out of the D.C. jail after a recent surprise inspection found evidence of “systemic” mistreatment of detainees, including unsanitary living conditions and the punitive denial of food and water, officials said.

“While ‘a formal summary’ of the inspection, conducted last month, is still being prepared, Lamont J. Ruffin, the acting marshal for U.S. District Court in Washington, told the D.C. Corrections Department in a letter Monday that the findings “may warrant further examination” by the Justice Department’s civil rights division.  The jail, formally known as the Central Detention Facility (CDF), houses about 1,500 detainees, of which roughly 400 are inmates awaiting court appearances in federal cases or post-sentencing assignment to federal prisons. In light of the inspection’s findings, the Justice Department said Tuesday, the federal detainees in the CDF will be moved to the federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pa.

“The move will not include about 120 detainees, including about 40 defendants who face federal charges in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, who are being held in the Corrections Department’s Central Treatment Facility (CTF), the Marshals Service said. That facility is located with the jail in Southeast Washington.  Ruffin, who ordered the inspection, said conditions at the CTF ‘were observed to be largely appropriate and consistent with federal prisoner detention standards,’ and that the problems were primarily in the main jail.”

Just to get this out the way: Fuck this “supply chain issue” and “microchip shortage” bullshit. Fuck Microsoft for not getting their act together with sourcing the raw materials necessary to build enough Xbox consoles to meet demand. Fuck Amazon. Fuck Gamestop. Fuck Best Buy. Fuck Walmart. Fuck Target. Fuck Gamestop in particular for making me buy their lame “PowerUp Rewards Pro” program with the promise of “exclusive access” to an opportunity to give them more money and then the website still doesn’t work after they raised a shit ton of money from that “Gamestonk” circlejerk earlier this year. Fuck Walmart in particular for having the balls to charge an 86% markup (pictured above) on an Xbox. Fuck Target in particular for only offering the console online as some sort of “All-Access” plan that the sign-up didn’t work for and not telling me at any point during my interactions with their staggeringly incompetent customer service I could simply walk into their store and buy the lower-tier “Series S” model at the regular retail price of $299.

Which I did on Monday. It’s not the $499 “Series X” model, purported to be the most powerful video game console of all time, but it’s pretty goddamned good, runs much better than the Xbox One X that I got in November of 2017 – around the same time Trump and his loyal elected cult were working on their big reconciliation bill to hand corporations and the wealthy a huge tax cut.

The Raleigh News & Observer:  “North Carolina House Democrats walked out of Monday night’s session before Republican Donnie Loftis was sworn in as the chamber’s newest member. The Gaston County Republican Party selected Loftis, a 30-year Army veteran and former county commissioner, to complete the term of Rep. Dana Bumgardner, who died in October.

“Democrats, in walking out, were objecting to Loftis because of his participation in protests at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 — protests that devolved into a violent riot. Loftis posted on social media then that he ‘got gassed three times and was at the entrance when they breached the door.’

“‘My Oath of Enlistment has the phrase “both foreign and domestic.” We didn’t think it would actually be domestic,’ Loftis wrote in a now-deleted Facebook post. Loftis told WRAL in late October — after being selected for the House — that his involvement was strictly peaceful.  ‘I had absolutely zero involvement in the rioting and categorically condemn the storming of our Capitol building that day,’ he told the station.”

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ Composite all finished at record closed Tuesday, with the DJIA topping 36,000 for the first time, the Wall Street Journal reports.

With a number of corporate earnings reports coming in stronger than expected, the indices each finished more than a third of a percentage point higher, pushing them into record territory.  Stocks also received a late day push by news that there is movement on budget and infrastructure bills in Washington.

This was the third day in a row all three indices had record closings.  The S&P 500 rose 16.98 points, or 0.4%, to 4630.65. The Nasdaq gained 53.69 points, or 0.3%, to 15649.60.  The Dow added 138.79 points, or 0.4%, to 36052.63.  The Dow crossed a 1,000-point benchmark for the sixth time in 2021, a record in itself.  “The stock market is remarkably resilient right now and has melted up despite supply chain issues, inflation concerns, rising rates and a more hawkish Federal Reserve,” said Greg Marcus, managing director at UBS Private Wealth Management.

“The FBI is investigating Loretto Hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination program following reports that doses went to ineligible people with ties to hospital administrators, government records show. Two federal grand jury subpoenas were issued to the Illinois Department of Public Health in May and September after Block Club Chicago revealed the hospital vaccinated ineligible people at Chicago’s Trump Tower, where Loretto’s chief financial officer, Dr. Anosh Ahmed, lived, as well as a luxury jewelry shop and a high-end Gold Coast steakhouse where Ahmed hung out. The subpoenas, issued ‘pursuant to an official criminal investigation,’ seek patient records and other documents over a two-day period in March when Chicagoans were scrambling to secure scarce vaccination appointments. Loretto administrators did not respond to requests for comment.”

“On March 10, Loretto administered doses to ineligible people at Trump Tower Downtown, where Ahmed, who was also Loretto’s chief operating officer as well as its CFO, owned a unit, according to the hospital’s subsequent audit and other records. Ahmed claimed credit for vaccinating Eric Trump during that March 10 event, though he later said he’d been joking. Ahmed took a photo with Trump and texted it to others, saying he ‘vaccinated Eric Trump’ and calling the former president’s son a ‘cool guy.’ Digital data embedded in that photo shows it was taken the afternoon of March 10 at or near Trump Tower. ‘Eric Trump happened to be in the building but we did not vaccinate him,’ Ahmed said in a statement shared through a spokesperson at the time. ‘A few residents including myself did take a photo with him. My post was meant as a joke…'” – Block Club Chicago.

NBC News:  “Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that Democrats had reached an agreement on lowering prescription drug costs, particularly for seniors, one of the party’s key disputes in the $1.75 trillion safety net bill. ‘I’m pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached to lower prescription drug prices for seniors and families in the Build Back Better legislation,’ Schumer said after a Dem caucus meeting. ‘Fixing prescription drug pricing has consistently been a top issue for Americans, year after year, including the vast majority of both Democrats and Republicans.'”

“Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., a key holdout, endorsed the agreement. She ‘welcomes a new agreement on a historic, transformative Medicare drug negotiation plan,’ spokesman John LaBombard said, saying it will ‘reduce out-of-pocket costs for seniors – ensuring drug prices cannot rise faster than inflation — save taxpayer dollars, and protect innovation.’ Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., called it ‘a really good deal for patients.” “It cuts drug costs, ends price gouging, and finally, finally allows Medicare to negotiate directly with the drug industry,’ he said.  Schumer said he hoped to begin debate on the bill, a crucial piece of President Joe Biden’s agenda, on Nov. 15.”